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Published on 07/10/2026 – 14:18 GMT+2 Scientists have identified a new crocodile genus from a 45-million-year-old Egyptian fossil after using CT scans to re-examine a skull recovered nearly a century ago. The fossil comes from the Mokattam Formation, the same limestone formation from which the Great Sphinx was carved. Like the monument, the skull is missing the tip of its snout. Researchers from Egypt, the UK, Sweden and Germany have named the animal Herugavialis cairensis. The findings were published in Royal Society Open Science. The animal was first described in 1927 as Tomistoma cairense, placing it in the same genus…
Published on 07/10/2026 – 9:27 GMT+2 India’s central bank has switched to tightening, delivering a quarter-percentage-point increase as the fallout from the Iran war lifts prices and drags on the national currency. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lifted its benchmark repo rate, the rate it charges commercial banks for loans, by 25 basis points to 5.50%, with all six members of its monetary policy committee voting in favour. The move puts India alongside several other central banks that have tightened policy to rein in inflation or prop up their currencies. The RBI had kept rates on hold since the…
More than 200 people had initially been placed under observation following the woman’s death. In a statement sent to the WHO Tuesday, Russian health authorities said they conducted an investigation “following the identification of a case of community acquired pneumonia” and that “no pathogens of dangerous infectious diseases were detected among any of the contacts.” The WHO said they have remained in contact with Russian authorities and “offered technical support.” The EU and the U.S. are both monitoring the situation closely. The European Commission and countries are set to discuss the case at Wednesday’s Health Security Meeting, according to a…
Hungary has cleared the way for the EU to open two more negotiating clusters with Ukraine, signalling that Budapest is ready to lift its veto if Kyiv passes a minority-rights law next week. The move removes a major obstacle ahead of next week’s European Council summit. It would also allow Moldova’s accession talks to advance, as the two candidate countries have been closely linked in the process. Budapest had blocked further progress until Ukraine adopted legislation strengthening the educational and cultural rights of the ethnic Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia. Following an agreement at expert level, Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada,…
Kyiv residents sought refuge in a metro station on Tuesday night, carrying blankets, sleeping mats and personal belongings as fears grew of a Russian missile attack. The footage shows people settling in for the night, laying out bedding and waiting in the station, while some work on laptops. Warnings of a possible large-scale attack prompted many residents to head underground for safety. Russia launched a major overnight missile and drone attack on Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, according to Ukrainian officials.
On the morning of Wednesday 7 October, Italian motorists were met with an unpleasant surprise. The cut in fuel excise duty that in previous months had partly limited the rise in diesel prices was not renewed (source in Italian), resulting in immediate price increases at the pump. Eni price cap effectively stripped of its impact By the time it expired at midnight, the measure was worth only 6.1 cents per litre, having fallen over time from the initial discount. In its place, the Meloni government had floated the possibility of introducing a system of tax rebates that would be financed…
Emirates says it is operating at around 93% of its pre-disruption capacity, as winter bookings strengthen following a turbulent year for airlines flying through the Middle East. The Dubai-based airline carried more than 8.6 million passengers in July and August. It said summer demand “exceeded expectations”, with momentum “continuing to build” as the winter travel period approaches. Bookings for the winter season, which begins in late October, are “tracking positively”, Emirates said, despite passengers “making travel decisions closer to departure”. Demand from markets including South Africa, Brazil, India, Portugal and Saudi Arabia is currently ahead of last year, according to…
Published on 07/10/2026 – 11:49 GMT+2 What is it they say about one person’s misfortune…? Well, Melania Trump’s staff seem to be embracing that opportunistic sentiment with regards to Digger ’s woes at the box office. As reported earlier this week, Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Digger, starring Tom Cruise as a powerful oil tycoon who has triggered an environmental disaster, made just $8 million in the US and $20 million in total globally in its opening weekend. Considering Digger had a production budget of up to $180m (plus hefty marketing), this means the divisive film is on track to…
„Ich möchte, dass er mit einem möglichst starken Mandat dieses Hauses dorthin reist“, sagte Hilde Vautmans, die Verfasserin des Berichts, am Dienstagabend in einer Debatte. „Europa verfügt über wirtschaftliche Macht. Es ist an der Zeit, diese einzusetzen.“ Die Äußerung deckt sich mit Positionen, die Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz und Frankreichs Präsident Emmanuel Macron Anfang der Woche in einem gemeinsamen Papier vereinbart haben. Sie sprechen sich dafür aus, der EU-Kommission mehr Befugnisse zu geben, um Importe aus Ländern, die „schwerwiegende und systematische Verzerrungen“ in der EU verursachen, zu beschränken oder sogar zu unterbinden. Mehrere Europaabgeordnete lobten die gemeinsame Haltung der beiden größten…
Published on 07/10/2026 – 11:33 GMT+2•Updated 11:49 Russia destroyed an apartment block in northern Ukraine as a birthday “gift” to Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday, after overnight missile and drone strikes killed at least 12 people across the country, according to Ukrainian officials. “Today, as a birthday ‘gift’ to Putin, the Russian army destroyed a residential building in Pryluky, in the Chernihiv region,” the Ukrainian president wrote on social media. Putin turned 74 on Wednesday. Nine people, including three children, were killed and 34 wounded when a missile hit the five-storey building, Interior Minister Ihor Vyhivskyi said. “There…